AIB media industry news desk
NABA appoints new president
Peter Smith, Vice President of Advanced Technology for the National Broadcasting Company (NBC), has been elected President of the North American...
New broadcasting reference work published
The AIB has launched the latest edition of its Directory and Global Broadcasting Guide. This 84 page A5-format book includes the most comprehensive...
WRN gains licence for Moscow radio station
World Radio Network (WRN), the London-based international broadcaster, has been granted a licence to operate an AM station on 738 kHz in Moscow. The...
Changes at Radio Canada International
Since RCIs integration into the structure of Radio-Canada/CBC, Canadas national public broadcaster, in 2001-2003, the station has been making a...
BBC World wins U.S. industry innovation award
BBC World has been presented with an Industry Innovator Award by the Society of Satellite Professionals International (SSPI), in recognition of the...
Asia's industry bodies unite to fight piracy
The Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) and the Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) have agreed to work together to...
BBC signs Al-Arabiya deal
Al-Arabiya, the Dubai-based newscaster, has signed a major distribution deal with the BBC. The channel, owned by MBC, has optioned 100 hours of...
Al Jazeera chooses Drake's 4000 Series II
Broadcast intercom supplier Drake Electronics has won an order from Al Jazeera Satellite News in Qatar for a 4000 Series II matrix to be installed...
Closure of Ukrainian radio station dismays international broadcasters
Kiev-based broadcaster Radio Kontinent, an independent station, was closed by an order issued by Ukraines State Centre of Radio Frequencies on 3...